Peter Mannino (Farmington Hills, Mich.) recorded his 12th career shutout and Tyler Bozak (Regina, Saskatchewan) notched his first career game-winning goal as the No. 3 Denver Pioneers (10-3-0, 7-2-0 WCHA) earned a 1-0 victory over No. 8 North Dakota (6-5-1, 4-5-0 WCHA) tonight in front of 6,035 fans at Magness Arena.

Mannino’s 27-save effort tied him with Adam Berkhoel for second place on DU’s career shutout list. He now sits one behind Gerry Powers (13) for first place.

“It’s a rare occasion when two pretty potent offenses are held to one goal combined, but you have to give credit to the defense,” Denver head coach George Gwozdecky said. “Peter Mannino was terrific for us tonight and Jean-Philippe Lamoureux was excellent as well.”

Bozak’s game-winner came at the 4:39 mark of the second period, only five seconds into a DU power play. After winning the faceoff back to Chris Butler (St. Louis, Mo.), Bozak headed toward the front of the net, where he was able to tip a Butler shot past Lamoureux (28 saves).

The goal was Bozak’s seventh of the season, tying him for the team lead.

Mannino then made several key stops down the stretch to preserve the lead, including a diving save on Chris VandeVelde with less than 30 seconds remaining.

The Pioneers outshot the Fighting Sioux by a 29-27 margin. DU was 1-for-5 on the power play, while UND finished 0-for-2. The Pioneers have now killed off 36-of-38 penalties in their last nine contests.

The teams play game two of the series tomorrow night, with puck drop scheduled for 7:07 p.m.

Notes: Tonight marked the 65th consecutive regular season sellout at Magness Arena...The Pioneers are 7-1-0 when scoring the first goal this season...DU is 8-3 against ranked opponents ...The Pioneers have allowed two goals or less in all ten of their wins...Pioneer freshmen and sophomores have netted 36 of the team’s 39 goals...Prior to tonight’s contest, DU had not scored a power-play goal in its previous two outings.